J. D. Salinger
Prodigal Grace
Grace is not just something that God does, an activity tangential to who God is. Grace has a name.
J. D. Salinger, Sugarcoated Melancholy and the Conspiracy of the H …
Given that our most recent issue of The Mockingbird magazine opens with a quote from […]
The second video to be posted from our recent conference in NYC but the first […]
Another Week Ends: Motivated Podcasts, Inverted Envy, Doofus Batma …
1. “Want to Win a Political Debate? Try Making a Weaker Argument” reads a headline […]
A Few Thanksgivings: Salinger’s Hapworth Dances with Jesus a …
You may know that J.D. Salinger’s final published work was “Hapworth 16, 1924”, a novella […]
More 2011 Favorites: Books, Documentaries, Musical Discoveries and …
Books and Film Favorite Piece of Fiction (Read During 2011): Franny and Zooey by J.D. […]
Parsing Divine Love and Sentimentality in J.D. Salinger’s &# …
From the last, and arguably best, of the Nine Stories, in which an intellectual converses […]
Franny and Zooey and the Son of God Who Throws Tables Aroun …
Why did no one ever tell me that Franny and Zooey was all about Jesus? […]
Three More from Franny and Zooey
“Just because I’m so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else’s values, and just because I […]
Psychoanalysis and the Grace of God in Franny and Zooey
From pp 109-110 of J.D. Salinger’s other masterpiece: “I don’t know,” he said. “It seems […]
J.D. Salinger and the Apple-Eaters
A great little exchange from his short story, “Teddy”: “Nicholson looked up at (Teddy), and […]
Salinger as Preacher: Clear Speech and Childlike Enchantment
While we’re on the topic of preaching pointers from surprising places… Adam Gopnik’s brief piece […]
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